TRIASSIC FLORA OF BALD HILL. 
“ At section No. 1, showing fine silt layers resting on ironstone 
conglomerate, there were obtained 35 samples of white, grey, and 
yellow very fine-grained sandstone containing numerous plant 
impressions'. Small specimen in siliceous stone resembling rootlets 
and marked unique was the only one of that kind found, f )f specimen 
No. 1, an eight-rayed fossil, the Department possesses a duplicate. 
Five sjiecimens, four of leaves and one of wood, marked fossil leaves, 
in earthy, sandy ironstone layers '20 to 30 feet below silt layers 
were found in beds indicated by red lines on section. 
At section No. 2 the fossil fern leaves, in grey sandstone, marked 
Numbers 4, 5, 6, were found as indicated by an arrow on the section. 
Th especiniens of fossil leaves, casts of fruits or seeds and sample 
of wood, all in ironstone, were collected at two localities, some on 
the N.E. bank of the Werribee River about' 2 miles below the 
(Jorge, others on a hill 200 yards west from bridge where Ballan- 
road crosses the Koi'ku])errimal or Lvall s Creek, and about 2 
miles from Bacchus Marsh Township.'’ ' (N.B. The latter reference 
relates to Tertiary plant remains. F.C.). 
McCoy, F., 1892." That author places on record his dis- 
covery of SehizoHeufci and Zeitfjojj/iyllUes in the collection obtained 
in 1891 by W. 11. Ferguson. An error is made here in placing the 
newly discovered bed “ just under the (Jangamopteris sandstone, 
which misled McCoy to correlate both series with the Trias. 
(Officer, (J., and Balfour, L., 1894.’- In describing the 
glacial deposits of Bacchus Marsh, they refer to Schizoneura and 
another genus, Pfilu])hyUum (P. Officeri) McCoy. Sir Fredk. McCoy s 
description of the latter species is included in this paper. 
Etheridge, R., Jun., 1894.*- Referring to Sir F. McCoy's 
determination of Schizo‘}t.eura, as recorded in the Ann. Rep. Secy, 
for Mines, 1891, he remarks It will be observed that the 
specimens are spoken of as comminuted ’ In this paper Etheridge 
describes Schizone'ura australis, sp. nov., occurring between the 
Upper Coal Measures and the Hawkesbury Sandstone. 
David, T. W. E., 1896.®- -In this paper the two beds at Bald 
Hill are mentioned as follows Well preserved plant remains 
are present on at least two horizons ; on the lower horizon occur 
the three species of Ganganwpteris already referred to, and on the 
higher, specimens of ZeugofkyUites, ScMzoneura, &c. The total 
thickness of the glacial beds seen in the upper portion of Korkuperri- 
nial Creek, as measured last December, proved to be 1,427 feet. To 
this, Mr. Brittlebank esthnates a thickness of about 700 feet of 
strata should be added, to carry the section from the top of the 
Ganganw'pteris beds to the top of the strata seen above the ScJiizoneura 
horizon.” 
6 McCoy, 1’., 1802, p. 30. 
7 Officer, G., and Balfour, L., 1-894, p. 143. 
,s Htheridge, 11. jun., 1894, p. 32 33. 
9 David, T. W. E., 1896, p. 298. 
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